“Big Boss” is here. And the curious visitors too.
No, this is not the popular Indian reality television show.
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It’s an ox that has become a centre of attraction and popular gossip in Deluabati village in Monirampur upazila of Jashore district.
‘Big Boss’ is 5.7 feet high and 8.5 feet tall. Its owner Ishak Ali hopes to sell at at Tk. 25 lakh. So, the sheer size and the fat price have become a talk of the town.
Ishak is confident he will get the expected price for his ‘Big Boss’, an Australian Friesian variety cattle, in the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha.
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Ishak named the cattle as Big Boss due to its size. He also claimed that some 1240 kg meat will be obtained from the ox. However, the big size cattle also consumed fodder worth Tk 7,000-8,000 daily, he said.
“In high temperature Big Boss needs two baths at night. But we bathe it twice in a day. One can’t take the big size ox from one place to another so everything is done at the cow-shed,” said Ishak.
Many people have started thronging to the house of Ishak to see ‘Big Boss’ as he made the information public on Saturday.
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Salma Begum, wife of Ishak, said “They have bought a cow of Australian Friesian variety from their neighbour five years ago and later the cow gave birth to an ox on February 1, 2018. As the calf looked big in size it was named Big Boss.”